If you want to search for videos on Youtube you can either go directly to the site and hack your search phrase into the search form offered there, use a search engine instead to find what you are looking for or use a browser extension to search Youtube directly without leaving the page you are currently on.
Fast Youtube Search is a web browser extension for Google Chrome that allows a user to perform a search on Youtube directly in the Chrome browser.
The extension places an icon in the Chrome address bar after installation that, when clicked, displays a small form that can be used to enter the search phrase.
Fast Youtube Search supports search suggestions which are displayed beneath the term that is entered by the user. Tapping the return key, using the left mouse button to select an entry or clicking with the mouse on the search icon on the right will open a page on Youtube with the search results of the term entered. The Youtube page will always be opened in a new tab in the browser.
The extension basically reduces the steps that need to be performed to search on Youtube. Google Chrome currently does not support keyword searches which are an alternative to installing an extension to search Youtube. Firefox or Opera users can for instance define a keyword for Youtube to perform the search right away. And Youtube search can also be added to browsers that include a search module.
Fast Youtube Search can be downloaded from the Chrome extensions gallery.
As Chris points out in the comments there is another way to achieve basically the same effect without installation the extension.
- right click omnibox and click ‘edit search engines’
- name it youtube, give it keyword y, and put http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s&page={startPage?}&utm_source=opensear
as the url.
Once done it is possible to search Youtube by typing in “y search term” in the address bar (without the “”).
Update: The original Chrome extension is no longer available, but there is an alternative available on the Chrome Web Store. YouTube Live Search can be downloaded from the official store.
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absolutely useless. I have youtube as a search engine with keyword ‘y’, anytime i want to search youtube, i type in ‘ y searchterm ‘ There is no reason why you should waste screen space for the button or the memory that the extension uses as its own process. clearly the author of this article has no idea what he is talking about:
- right click omnibox and click ‘edit search engines’
- name it youtube, give it keyword y, and put http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s&page={startPage?}&utm_source=opensear
as the url.
No other browser does searches more efficiently.
You can do this with opera as well.